Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster is confident his side will soon shake off the poor run form which is threatening to undo their good work from the first half of the season.

Sunday's 1-0 home loss to Getafe was Real's fourth defeat in their last five matches, following setbacks against Almeria and Real Betis in the league, plus Roma in the Champions League.

It was also Real's first home league defeat in more than a year and means they are now just two points ahead of second-placed Barcelona in the standings, having been nine points clear only last month.

Schuster is refusing to panic though and is confident they will be back on track soon.

"I'm not worried," he said. "We have to show that we are a team as much in the good moments as the bad moments. I have no doubt that we are going to return quickly."

Real had won 18 successive league matches at their Bernabeu home heading into Sunday's derby match with Schuster's former club Getafe.

However, a bizarre goal just after the hour mark from Ikechukwu Uche decided the game in the visitors' favour.

Real themselves thought they had scored through Arjen Robben and were celebrating near the corner flag, but referee Arturo Dauden Ibanez had disallowed the goal - Raul had been offside - and Getafe took full advantage to take a quick free-kick and charge down the other end to score.

Schuster said: "We have lost by a one-off goal, it has been strange. I have never had something like that happen to me before.

"Getafe reacted quickly and with their first shot of the game got a goal. Then it was very difficult."

Asked about Real's poor recent run, Schuster added: "Things have been difficult in the last few games. We are finding problems that we did not have before.

"We are wasting too many chances, although we are defending much better.

"We have dominated these games but our opponents have taken the spoils. We have to get over these difficulties. We are a team and as a team we have to get over it.

"Things have happened in these games that we don't deserve and we are paying dearly for them."